Business Reply Mail

Business reply mail enables a sender holding a sender with proper permit to provide a recipient with a convenient, prepaid method for replying to a mailing. Providing a prepaid reply envelope or postcard may increase the chances of receiving a reply from customers or potential customers.by which correctly formatted mail can be forwarded back to the original sender, free of cost to the party responding.

• Various postal fees have been paid in order for the University to gain maximum discounts if the business reply envelope or postcard format is correctly prepared.
• BRM allows a department to provide a preprinted First-Class mail envelope to recipients to encourage a response.
• The department, not the recipient, pays the return postage.
• The department is only charged for postage by USPS for pieces that the recipients actually mail back to the department.

The UTEP holds a BRM permit with the Mail Center. All fees are assessed to the permit holder for actual mail received, and thereafter internally charged to the initiating department.